Ever tried OpenOffice? I don't use Office unless I absolutely have to. Then again, I don't do much stats stuff....

I like Numbers better anyway. Excel is pretty robust but I find Numbers more intuitive and easier on the eyes. Far easier to tweak the look of too.

amen brother. Been a Mac guys for 25 years. Finally bought a used 2008 macbook pro to go laptop only in the house. Love it. Not a big fan of Yosemite, but i liked the previous OS's.

I have to say the Air is the best laptop I've ever bought. I'm out of space so I think I'll buy another newer one. Unix, Mac OS and when I need it Parallels.

Got way too many devices but I can akways use more :)

Been through a lot of PC's and laptops but my Apple products always and still work. Still have a working SE/30 and Newton :D

I have open office on my Windows machine, I have a hard enough time with Excel, I'd rather stay with it for work purposes, consistency, etc. etc. etc.

rjp

Something I don't like about Macs is that they have two names for their OS. One app says it needs OS 10.9 and another says it needs Mavericks. I'm constantly looking up which number relates to which name because I can't ever remember. Is their any good reason for this?

Age, gets us all eventually.

That brings up another thing. I have two hard drives, a terabyte and a half tera. The big one is of course named Big Mac. So now that I'm older, when I fire up my computer I get hungry.

This talk of upgrading the mac book has me taking notice.

where do I look in the computer to check hard drive and ram?

Upper right click the Apple and select About this Mac.

Depending on which version of the OS it'll be either "More Info" or "System Report"

RAM and hard drive are in the Hardware category.

RAM is obvious, Memory

Hard drive depends on the machine, either under ATA or SATA. Look for Rotational Speed. It'll be either 5400 or 7200.

If a much older box could even be 4800.

Here is what I have.

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0F
SMC Version (system): 1.58f17
Serial Number (system): W8015V2ZAGV
Hardware UUID: 94F7F446-9324-5DB0-8DCB-7FF70AD29684
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

5400 rotational under Serial ATA

Intel 5 Series Chipset:

Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported

Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02:

Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
Model: Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02
Revision: PB4AC60W
Serial Number: 101126PBL400M7GMKP0V
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 5400
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Failing
Volumes:
disk0s1:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 499.25 GB (499,248,103,424 bytes)
Available: 110.68 GB (110,677,479,424 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Content: Apple_HFS
Recovery HD:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s3
Content: Apple_Boot

nuthin outlandish. 2011 MBP13" Best computer I've ever owned and the first time in my life I'm not itching to upgrade after a few years. I'm attached to this thing like my right arm.

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version (system): 1.68f99
Serial Number (system): C02FJ553DH2L
Hardware UUID: E5021AB5-C345-546E-8A71-50D5BBAB85DB
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

That my friend is not good. Your hard drive is going to die. Could be today, next week or next month but you want to address that.

I would do full back up ASAP.

That box will take 8 GB RAM max.

Man, I need to step up & go to the Dark Side...

I felt the same way when I got my first Macbook in 2011. Never have things been so easy. Still running strong with no issues, even after years of continuous use.

A 2011 MacBook Pro can take 16 GB of RAM, not just 8 GB like Apple's literature claims. Ask me how I know. ;)

Yeah Randys is 2011.

Chocolatelabs is mid 2010.

He needs to address that hard drive issue.

As long as he's in there may as well do the RAM.

Back it all up throw more ram in it and add an ssd, and you will feel like you just bought a new computer...

Crap

When I look at the drive section there are 2 chip sets. Below is the other. Maybe its the original.

I have replaced this hard drive once. Backing up now.

ntel 5 Series Chipset:

Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported

MAT****ADVD-R UJ-898:

Model: MAT****ADVD-R UJ-898
Revision: HC09
Serial Number: UJ92 1258R2
Native Command Queuing: No
Detachable Drive: No
Power Off: Yes
Async Notification: No

where you guys getting the best deal on power bricks? I'm down to only one- the pins always fail- they go flat....